Why is it so satisfying watching dirt turn over? That tractor is a beast

Grandpa would be proud. That 8640 is not even breaking a sweat with those 7 bottoms.

I remember riding on the fender of dads ih 856 all day long plowing back in the 80s as a kid and if I got bored he would let me off and I would play in the creek or something lol love the smell of fresh turned dirt thanks for sharing

The old girl is walking away with that plow. Great save on the tractor and the moldboard plow. And she sounds healthy under load.

That plough is awesome!! That John Deere is getting after it for sure! good job guys!👍💯👊

Lot of people on here go plowing but not many can plow excellent job

back when tractors were tractors, loved it.

So relaxing I could watch you plow the whole field 😊

I really miss being on a farm. Thanks for sharing 🙂

When I was a child I would go with my uncle to a farm about 40 miles from where I lived. He was a tractor mechanic and fixed any of their tractors when he was needed. They had a team of 8630’s and 8640’s. I would get up in the cab and pretend I was driving them. I just loved those big John Deere’s.

Love the old school moldboard plowing, a fading farming practice

Ran a brand new 8640 in 1980. Absolutely loved that tractor and pulled a 10 bottom 800 series international moldboard plow in b range 2 and handled it like a dream on some very steep Eastern Oregon wheat fields

Love that tractor, it’s still running like a top. It didn’t even know that plow was behind it. Thanks for posting the great video.

Nice, love the old 8640's. Used to ride in them when I was a child, great memories 😊

It really goes! We always use to spray old engine oil/diesel mix on the bottoms and coulters after they polished up.

That’s pretty cool that you found your grandfathers JD at auction. My grandfather had an 8630 he bought new.

Good job.shining up the molboards.

She looks good. Nice classic John Deere!

That is a sexy Tractor, and a sexy plow keep up the good work 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

He is hauling ass now. your grandpa would proud of you boys and dad.

I spent my childhood in northern Indiana working on my uncles farm. He raised hogs and at his peak was running 10,000 head. Not the biggest operation, but pretty large. He worked about 18,000 acres and 14,000 was corn just to feed the hogs. Occasionally when it was a good year I can remember him selling 2 or 3 semi loads, but mostly it was ground up for feed. The rest was beans, wheat, some alfalfa and sunflowers. And John Deere was his brand. He had over a dozen tractors, 3 of them being this model. As a ten year old kid I wasn't allowed to run them. I was relegated to a 4440 with a front loader attachment. Running the fields to remove rocks, cleaning up spills, burying dead hogs, pulling grain carts at harvest, that kind of work. But I can remember watching all three John Deere 8640's side by side making short work out of a field. I believe he was pulling 10 bottom plows, but that may not be right. Hard to remember that far back! Nice video. Brought back some really fond memories

Great job guys, pulls 7 like it wasn't even there.

Love the tractor, great job guys!!

Great job that old tractor sure sounds good and pulling that plow with ease

Looks great!! Memories! ❤❤❤

Sounds great guys, well done!

thanks for the good video good luck i really like john deere👍

Really nice to see on the field again! What a great job! 😁

She's a keeper. That thing will go from dawn to dusk and not break a sweat.

Nice tractor , great save, awesome it belonged to your grandpa, i love the old iron!! Plow looks like its doing a beautiful job!! Good to hear your doing some organic farming!!

When I farmed my brother drove 1 . But it had 20-8-38 Firestone with duals It would pull anything that you hooked to it .It was HOT!

Thanks for all the details on how, why and when you use your equipment. Great job. Stay safe and warm.

It's got the power!

The tractor looks good! Kinda sounds like it might have an exhaust manifold leak with the slight ticking going on. I had a 8450 that I redid the manifold on and it went away. But other than that she looks great!

We had same plow on our 8630. We use to crank the big crank by the cylinder 10 turns for striking out. Seven /18 and an 86 was my life. Put over 10000 hrs on it till we traded it on 8870

You have that plough (I'm Irish 😊) running lovely with that 8640. Great video

I feel like these old tractors will make a comeback. Someday all the old combines, plows, disc's and cultivators will be face resurrection. The farmer can work on this equipment. No call to the local dealership needed.

I had same plow .. pulled by 1805 MF 3208 CAT...600+ acres a year .. best light easy pulling plow ..

Awesome. They definitely are a good pulling work horse. Just pay attention to the motor. Check the oil drain plug after sitting in off-season before starting. If no coolant comes out first yer good, if it does you got troubles.

Use to run an 8440 with a field cultivator ahead of the planter. Loved the 40 series 4WD tractors.

Agriculture machines are crucial for meeting the demands of the food supply chain, ensuring timely delivery to consumers.

That is a thing of beauty right there!

Tractor looks great for having sat for so long.

Back in the day we plowed so deep never had to touch the steering wheel.

Lift a little sooner and as the plow is lifting start into a loop with a hard left then right. You'll be back in the furrow sooner. Very nice vid!

Need a piece of rebar to punch around to see if your plowing level, back in the day we had homemade 2 inch by 6 foot levels on plows so you could see everything from the seat.

Awesome tractors .

I would love to find one of my grandfathers old Allis tractors drove one and grew up riding on the older one.

Wow she's got a nice shine !!

Nice work after a little adjustment. Adapt and overcome, Semper Fi

I love to use this tractor in fs22 I wish I could farm in real life. I’ve bene on farms but never worked any fields or anything like that, I plan to hopefully work on one soon though. Wish me luck guys I’m excited to get that experience.

Good sound 8640 up and running again

Sweet old iron horse john deere the best

Been following your progress on the 8640. Nice to see reclaiming and repurposing a piece of family history. Looks and sounds good! Greetings from sw manitoba canada.

Had no idea you had a KZfaq channel, love that big tractor. New sub.

I've always wondered how fields have nice neat edges even when they've been initially plowed with a staggered arrangement running diagonally like that. How do they make nice neat edges with plowing implements like that? That tractor is very strong, look after her and get that exhaust manifold leak fixed sooner rather than later! She will do much hard work when it comes to the field work associated with getting a crop grown and ready for harvest! 😁👍👍🚜

We had that same plow.. 8100 pulled it no problem

Love it !😊

That tractor could handle a 10 bottom plow easily

Congrats on the virality of this video.

Beautiful! Sad to see plowing is a thing of the past now the last 5-6 years due to severe droughts most of us here in the Balkans switched to subsoiling and it conserves moisture better than the plowed ground goes deeper than the plow and is more wider so at the end of the day we plowed roughly 9 hectares with our tractor its a deere 6920s and with a subsoiler we go around 10,5-11 ha with the same fuel😮

Always liked watching fields being plowed! Where do you farm in Michigan, if I may asked?

I used to plow garden by hand plow! Lol 😅

just found ya n subbed, i just picked up a White 8 bottom for my AC8550

I had a IH700 7furrow plow .. great plow for MF1805 3208 CAT

It's fascinating to see these machines, but I can't help but question the long-term effects of such intensive farming

nice bit of plowing.covers well

You found an expensive tractor like that in a tree line somewhere? Good job getting it back working, best of luck next season.

It's not down pressure, what you are doing is trying to get the platform leveled up so the boards are at a consistent depth. Nice setup for doing some old school mold board plowing. Sounds like maybe you need to do a valve adjustment on that deere though.

I so enjoyed the ride, Thanks Let's go Brandon

I think you found your new plow horse

nice!

was the lubrication done?

Legend

Careful mixing colours like that. Green & red make brown! Lol.

On your strike out your plow should be running more level left to right your furrow wheel was a little shallow, should be pretty good once you start working the land out though,with the furrow wheel in furrow.

I thought the 4960 was as good as it gets. I preferred the hydrolic sear over the air seats. The top of the line 60 series were the best ever made.

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Tiny plow for that tractor.

🔥heck ya guyzz.. beautiful setup, rolling the dirt perfectly 🔥👊🔥🔨🏍⚙️🚜

Tractor is running great, not enough plow, about 5 dottoms short for the tractor.

it broke up nice but you need to level the plow more and you could pull another 7 bottoms with that monster

Haha. To me this looks like a very modern tractor

Sounds like you have an exhaust leak, that plow will do wonders for you guys!

My grandpa let me plow at a plow day with a 1943 e3 co-op and a 2 bottom oliver plow

it might have an exhaust manifold leak with the slight ticking going on.

does it have an exhaust header gasket leak? when she goes under power

It’s gonna pull hard until the plow bottoms get scoured.

plough!

Ese tractor puede tirar un arado doble acción de 70 platós y rinde el triple

@millennialfarmer Zach, give these boys a shout.

Is this your first day ewre working??

You need to hang 10 on her. I ised a 8650 with that same plow in 10 bottom with a packer. I remeber pea ground would make her talk !

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And look no computers, Probably could use some new skins on or though

You lot know how to set up a Plough

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Why all the black smoke 😮

How many hp?